Welcome to the CISC662-010 Course Web Page - FALL 2009

Course Number: CISC662010
Course Title: Computer Systems: Architecture
Day, Time, and Location (room and building): Tuesday – Thursday, 3:30PM – 4:45PM, Pearson Hall, Room 114

Instructor: Dr. Michela Taufer (Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Sciences)
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday from 10:45AM to 11:45AM or by appointment
Email Address: taufer AT udel.edu
Campus Office Number: Smith Hall 406
Office Phone Number: 0071

TA: Richard Burns
Office Hours: Wednesday 9:30 - 11:30
Email Address: burns AT cis.udel.edu


Download the syllabus: Syllabus (pdf format)
Download the schedule: Schedule (pdf format) (Last update 08/31/09).

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News:

11-22-09: Slides of lecture on multiprocessors now available.
11-07-09: Slides of lecture on cache and virtual memory now available.
11-07-09: Homework 4 now available for download.
10-14-09: Homework 3 now available for download.
10-14-09: Slides of lectures 11-13 now available.
10-04-09: Slides of lectures 8-10 now available.
09-22-09: Homework 2 now available for download.
09-15-09: Slides of lectures 7-9 now available.
09-10-09: Slides of lectures 5 and 6 now available.
09-08-09: Homework 1 now available for download.
09-06-09: Slides of lectures 3 and 4 now available
09-02-09: Slides of lecture 2 now available
08-20-09: Syllabus is now available
08-20-09: Passwd for slide and lab webpages will be given in class

Lecture Topics:

12-10-09: Homework 4 discussion
12-08-09: Work in group on multiprocessors
12-03-09: Work in group on multiprocessors
12-01-09: Multiprocessors (Part II)
11-24-09: Holiday
11-22-09: Multiprocessors
11-19-09: Homework 3 discussion
11-17-09: No lecture
11-12-09: Review memory hierarchy, cache, and virutal memory
11-10-09: Limits of ILP - discussion in class (part II), Review midterm exam
11-05-09: Limits of ILP - discussion in class
11-03-09: CPI < 1
10-29-09: Midterm Exam
10-27-09: Homework 2 discussion
10-22-09: Lec13 - Exercise on Dynamic Scheduling: HW Speculation + Tomasulo - Download empty table for exercise: tables.
10-20-09: Lec12 - Dynamic Scheduling: HW Speculation + Tomasulo
10-15-09: Lec11 - Dynamic Scheduling: HW Speculation + Tomasulo
10-08-09: Lec10 - Dynamic Scheduling: Tomasulo
10-06-09: Lec09 - Dynamic Scheduling: Scoreboard
10-02-09: Homework 1 discussion
09-29-09: Lec08 - ILP - Introduction
09-24-09: Class discussion - Q1 and Q2
09-22-09: Lec07 - Exceptions and Multicycles
09-17-09: Lec06 - Hazards
09-15-09: Lec05 - Pipeline
09-10-09: Lec04 - Review of MIPS architecture
09-08-09: Lec03 - ISA and Compilers
09-03-09: Lec02 - Performance and ISAs
09-01-09: Lec01 - Course presentation and assessment test (Slides available)

Deadlines:

12-01-09(11:59PM): Question Suite 6 - Download the questions here. Send your answers before 11:59PM in pdf format ONLY to the instructor.
12-01-09(11:59PM): Homework 4 due.
11-24-09(11:59PM): Question Suite 5 - Download the questions here. Send your answers before 11:59PM in pdf format ONLY to the instructor.
11-17-09(11:59PM): Homework 3 due.
10-22-09(11:59PM): Question Suite 4 - Download the questions here. Send your answers before 11:59PM in pdf format ONLY to the instructor.
10-15-09(11:59PM): Question Suite 3 - Download the questions here. Send your answers before 11:59PM in pdf format ONLY to the instructor.
10-20-09(11:59PM): Homework 2 due.
09-24-09(11:59PM): Homework 1 due.
09-15-09(11:59PM): Question Suite 2 - Download the questions here. Send your answers before 11:59PM in pdf format ONLY to the instructor.
09-08-09: Register to CS Research Day at https://www.cis.udel.edu/researchday/2009.
09-08-09(11:59PM): Question Suite 1 - Download the questions here. Send your answers before 11:59PM in pdf format ONLY to the instructor.
09-03-09: Mailing list: Register to mailing list at http://gcl.cis.udel.edu/mailman/listinfo/cisc360010_fa09

Reading Assignments:

11-04-09: Chap 4
10-20-09: Chap 3; App C
09-22-09: App A.7; Chap 2
09-08-09: Appendix A (A.1 - A.6) of the book
09-01-09: Chapter 1 and Appendix B of the book